Buttoner for collars or cuffs.



(No Model.)

Patented May 2|, l90l. J. F. McGEE.

BUTTONER FORGOLLARS 0B CUFFS.

(Application filed Sept. 22, 1-900?) rrnn Srnrns JAMES F. MCGEE, OF VANBUREN, INDIANA.

BUTTONER FOR GOLLARS OR CUFFS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,739, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed September 22, 1900. Serial No. 30,734. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES F. MOGEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vanburen, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Buttoners for Collars or Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buttoners for collars and cuffs; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and efficient implement for use in opening stiffly-starched buttonholes and engaging buttons with said buttonholes.

It is a well-known fact that new collars or those which have been highly laundered and starched are quite difficult to readily attach to collar-buttons, and if the collar is a trifle smaller than the neckband of the shirt the operation of putting on the collar is exceedingly difficult and usually annoying.

It is the object of my invention to obviate the difficulty and annoyance incident to securing such highly-starched collars or cuffs to shirts, and I attain this desirable object by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my buttoner. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the buttoner. Fig. 3 is a view showing the manner of using the implement. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of a modified form of my buttoner.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts wherever they occur in the different views of the drawings.

In said drawings, the numeral 1 designates a buttoner made in accordance with my invention, said buttoner comprising a shank 3,

having a broad chisel-point 2 on one end and a cavity 5 in the other end 4:. The shank 5 is tapering or beveled from each end toward the longitudinal axis thereof, so that the portion intervening between the ends of the shank is smaller than the ends. By this construction most of the friction between the buttonhole and the shank is obviated, except at the ends thereof,and the operation facilitated thereby.

As shown in the modified form illustrated in Fig. 4:, the surrounding wall of the cavity 5 is slitted at 6 to form spring members 7, and the ends of said members are provided with lips 8, which are designed to spring back of the button-head to provide a secure hold for the buttoner. All of the spring members 7 need not be provided with lips if they are stiff enough so that a lesser number of lips will hold firmly.

The operation of my buttoner is as follows:

One of the buttonholes of the collar may be opened up by the chisel-pointed end 2 of the buttoner and may be connected to the button in the usual manner. To button the other buttonhole to the collar-button, the end 2 of the implement is inserted from the inside of the buttonhole and the cavity 5 is placed over the head of the collar-button. The tab in which the buttonhole is formed may then readily be pushed over the shank of the buttoner and onto the button, when the buttoner can be removed.

The device may be made of metal or other material and may be cast or struck up from sheet stock.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is A buttoner, comprising a shank sharpened I at one end and having a cavity in the other end, the side walls of said cavity being slitted thus forming spring members, the ends of said spring members being provided with lips constructed to engage the head of a button.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. MCGEE.

Witnesses:

L. B. FARRAR, ISAAC BANTA. 

